Device for raising journal-brasses.



G. W. LEAVITT.

DEVICE FOR RAISING JOURNAL BRASSES. APPLIOATION IILED FEB. 11. 1908.

910,830. Patented Jan. 25, 1909.

F/QJY GEORGE W. LEAVITT, OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

DEVICE FOR RAISING JOURNAL-BRASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed February 11, 1908. Serial No. 415,445.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LEAVITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Raising Journal-Brasses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a simple, durable and efficient construction of apparatus for use in removing and replacing brasses on the journal bearings of freight cars and the like, and the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with parts in section and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a cross bar hereinafter specifically described.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention, I employ two hangers 1 that are formed at one end with hooks 2 designed to take over the flange of a car wheel. Spaced from the hooks, each hanger is formed with a nib 3 for the purpose of engaging the outer portion of the tread surface of the wheel, so as to effect the sure engagement with or suspension of the hangers from the car wheel.

Each hanger 1 is formed with an angularly disposed lower end 4 having an upwardly projecting extremity 5. The two lower ends 4 with their upwardly turned extremities 5 are designed to engage underneath and around a cross bar 6 which fits in the upwardly facing sockets formed between the main portions of the hangers and the upturned extremities 5 the cross bar being formed in its lower face at its ends with transversely extending ribs 7, the ends 4 of the hangers lying inside of said ribs so as to prevent any spreading movement of the angers and the cross bar fitting snugly into said sockets so as to prevent any twisting movement of the hangers, the cross bar 6 being thereby suspended from the hangers underneath the journal box of the car truck from which the brasses are to be removed. The cross bar 6 is formed at its middle with a screw threaded opening 8 designed to receive the threaded stem of a screw 9 which projects through said opening. The head 10 of the screw is formed with holes 11 to receive a rod or tool of any kind so as to turn the screw within the bearing 8 and the said screw is designed to engage the bottom of the 011 box, so as to effect, upon the turning of the screw, the upward movement of the oil box, in an evident manner. we

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable and efficient construction of apparatus of this character which will effectively take the place of the ordinary screw jack in raising the oil box so as to release the wedges therein in order that the brasses may be taken out, even under a loaded car of any capacity. 1 i514 .1

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a pair of hangers provided at their upper ends with hooks adapted to take over a car wheel and formed'with angularly disposed lower ends having upturned extremities forming upwardly-facing sockets with the main lower portions of the hangers, a cross bar fitting snugly into the sockets of both hangers and formed with a threaded aperture, and a screw working through said aperture.

2. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a pair of hangers arranged at their upper ends for engagement with a car wheel and formed with angularly disposed lower ends having up-turned extremities forming with the lower portions of the hangers upwardly-facing sockets, a cross .enonen w. LEAVITT. a. 8.] 1

Witnesses:

T. A. NASKEY, C. E. BEEZLEY.

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